Here is a summary of the September 23rd, 2024 Regular + Study Meeting of Livonia City Council.

Regular Meeting: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/event/460/files

Following remarks by several residents, City Council referred the matter of a native garden ordinance to the Law and Education Committee.

The following items were approved:

Minutes & Consent Agenda

Lot split at Schoolcraft between Newburgh and Richfield

Establishment of a Budget & Fiscal Services Manager

There was a read out of the September 4th Citizens, Families and Environment Committee meeting and the item stays in committee. Read summary here: https://voterunservelivonia.com/…/senior-citizens…/

There was a read out of the September 11th Capital Outlay and Infrastructure Committee. The topic was the refuse and recycling contract. You can read the summary here: https://voterunservelivonia.com/…/capital-outlay-and…/

Priority Waste agreed to the requests of Council at that meeting (including bins plus 5 bulk items and management of the bins purchased by the City) and Waste Management did not offer an alternative bid, Council approved the contract and the purchase of bins by Toter. Learn more about the changes at www.letsrolllivonia.org

Study Meeting Agenda: https://livoniami.portal.civicclerk.com/…/agenda/2989

Items put on the consent agenda:

Block Parties

Acceptance of grant funding from Institute for Responsive Government for Clerk’s office for election security and absentee mailers/postage

LFD request for repair of Fire Engine 3

Lot split at 20100 Osmus

Contract request by Engineering Department for rear yard drainage project at Fairway Dr. and Puritan Ave

As always, the meeting agendas can be viewed on the city website here: https://livonia.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes

Meetings can be watched unedited on the city’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LivoniaTV